“It’s not the kind of thing you can hang in an office,” says Dr. Brewer Eberly, of his work of art, Sir Luke Fildes, the (Modern) Doctor, featured recently in The AMA Journal of Ethics. His piece modernizes Sir Luke Fildes’ 1891 painting, The Doctor, a “classic portrayal of physicianship” depicting “a physician’s attentive posture […]
An article in Stories@DukeDivinity features TMC Fellows Brendan Johnson, Kirsten Simmons, Jennifer Tu, and Emmy Yang, whose “recent contributions have been recognized for their theological acumen, thoughtful leadership, and interdisciplinary perspective.” Read the article. […]
TMC alumnus Dr. Brewer Eberly recently contributed an article as part of a series on the nihilism of modern medicine for the Theopolis Institute. In it, he argues that while the diagnosis of modern medicine as nihilistic is correct in some ways, his experiences as a family medicine resident reveal the beautiful in-breaking of the […]
Congratulations to TMC Fellow Brendan Johnson, winner of the Kenan Moral Purpose Award, for his essay, “Moral Medicine.” The essay describes how his studies in Social Medicine and Liberation Theology led him to question the inherent value structure of professional medicine, realizing, “the status of the poor becomes the ethical standard by which we measure […]
In this opinion piece for the Hastings Center, TMC Fellow Brendan Johnson explores how COVID-19 brings into view the political dimensions of truly ethical medicine. “Dilemmas that clinicians face in the coronavirus pandemic–who gets the ventilator, the 80-year-old grandmother or the 20-year-old student?–are the bread and butter of mainstream bioethics. In medical school, my classmates […]
In an op-ed for The Tennessean, TMC Fellowship alumnus Benjamin Frush, MD, discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic challenges our culture’s individualistic view of health. “As the country continues to grapple with the COVID 19 pandemic, it seems that our attempts to mitigate the virus’ spread through social distancing are being only partially adhered to, prompting local governments to enact more restrictive measures. Preview Like others in the […]
“As health professionals, we need to get ahold of the ministry of healing as ordained through Christ Jesus,” says Gabrielle Daniels, an alumna of the Theology, Medicine, and Culture (TMC) Fellowship at Duke Divinity School. Daniels, who also holds an MPH from Yale, is now a Project Manager at the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI), and […]